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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM 3630
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On 06/15/11 10:34, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Peter Toth wrote:
>> Anyone is running IBM 3630 out there with FreeBSD?
> Short:	Try Harder ;-)
> Medium:	If one ask a better question, one gets better answers.
> Long:	You may improve responses by adding eg:
> - Why you want to know
> 	Thinking of buying or selling ?
> 	Got it working & thinking of adding to compatabiity list ?  
> 	Or ... ?
> - If you have one, try it &  attach dmesg or error message etc.
> - Summarise hardware, 
> 	at least attach a URL such as:
> 	http://www.highlander-estore.com/products.asp?partno=737742G
>   or find some better URL eg from:
>     http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&pq=dmesg%20%22ibm%203630%22%20freebsd&xhr=t&q=+%22IBM+3630%22&cp=0&pf=p&sclient=psy&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=+%22IBM+3630%22+FreeBSD&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=7ff7d408b5d36764&biw=1560&bih=836&bs=1
>   Listing chipsets/ cards usually helps.
> 	
> Cheers,
> Julian
Thanks for the advise! Will try to be more specific next time. Just
wanted a quick answer to a quick question :) ...way too busy lately...